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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The heaviest rains in almost one hundred years hit Sri Lanka from 26 December 2010 onwards, causing devastating floods and landslides throughout the country. The floods followed two cycles of flash flooding in the capital city of Colombo…

UNICEF Sri Lanka's Chief of Communication travelled into that country's flood zone with a UNICEF team and filed the following first-hand report. By Mervyn Fletcher BATTICALOA, Sri Lanka, 18 January 2011 - It has been a week since flooding became severe…

Area Affected by Floods & Landslide Affected Districts Ampara Baticaloa Trincomalee Polonnaruwa Anuradapura Matale Kandy Mullaitive Vavuniya NuwaraEliya Badulla

Recent severe flooding in Sri Lanka has affected nearly one million people and forced more than 190,000 people from their homes. The entire east coast of the island nation, including areas previously hit hard by the 2004 Indian Ocean…

One million Sri Lankans have been forced from their homes or have lost farmland to floodwaters in vast areas of eastern and central Sri Lanka in floods that have killed at least 27 people. Members of aid and development…

17:26 IST The Indian Air Force airlifted the second tranche of the $1 million aid to flood hit Sri Lanka this morning. An Indian Air Force IL-76 carried 21 tonnes of sugar, pulses and milk powder besides around 20,000 ready…

HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES - Rains have remained moderate over the past 24 hours and flood waters are beginning to recede in some areas. According to the Disaster Management Centre (DMC), as of 16 January 09:00hrs, a total 1,079,842 persons have been…

Batticaloa Today water levels went down in Batticaloa town, however at this moment it has started to rain again. Today the inter agency meeting was held in which it was decided to meet cluster-wise from next week onwards. WFP shared…

World Vision stepped up its relief efforts as the numbers affected by Sri Lanka's floods rose to over one million. With no signs of the weather abating, those numbers are expected to increase further, and the crisis is set…

Today, the European Commission decided to provide emergency funding of €2 million for humanitarian assistance to flood victims in Sri Lanka. Some of the heaviest rains in Eastern and North Central Sri Lanka in recent weeks have resulted in…